bancroft



NoI 43,828.

'PATBNTED AUG'. 16, 1864, s. R. BIXBY a; J. B. BANUROPT., SHUTTLE GUIDE 0R GUARD UUR LUUMS,

-ATENT Ormes. 4

sUMsss s. BIXBY, or WORCESTER, AND Josiisrifs.' sssosorr, or' MIL- roso, MASSAGE Usii'r'r'sl iMrPsovsMssr-is SHUTTLE omissis; o sLoIuAsgos'i-os coords..

Sbcciention forming part ofvLettonsvPatent NQ- QSQSBQ dniefl August 16, 1864# Z'oc'zlwhom il; may conc'em: l Bois known that wc,' SUMNEB. R. BIXBY,"

of Worcester, end J oscars B. .BsNosorT,of.

Milford, in the county .of Worcesterl and Sisto oillvivsissachnsetizs, have made a. new 'and' useful meent-ion, having reference to Shuttle" Goiiles or Guards for Looms for Weaving; and we flo hereby declare the 'same to be folly described in `*the following specilicstion sind represented in the accompanying drawings1 of Figure 1 drnotes s v.iop view`.am1 Fig. '2 a.

from elevation of creed-cop andshnttle guide. or gneriilv anni its supports as provided with' our invention. Fig. Bis an end 'view of the soiric.- Fig. is a. loogitudinsl. section of the seid guide or guard. an@ its supports. Fig.. 5 is o sido viewnd Fig. 6 s horizontzil section.

of one of the siipports. Fig. 7 isol side View oi the guard or guide.

flheobject of ourinvention is to enable the guide orguard, when yturncd-npoits'lowefsi;

position over therme-beam of the lay of a lecon-,to be securely fastened in place, so s noi: to be liable to vibrato' independently of -tho lay or to he thrown .out oli place by the shui-ne.

The purpose of `the guide or'gimril is well known toy weavers or .loom-makers, the-seid guide or gurd'heingan-applinnoc'of theloom* and used toprovent; the shuttle', whilein movtion across 'the roce-beam, from boing turned fromfits time coi'irseby knots or. threads ofthe warps or other mco'ns, which, were iti not for the' giiolrrl', would canse the shuttle to ho y thrown eiche-r entirely ont of the loom or into stance consists of s rod of metalfbenii in the f form represented in the drawings, and paricnlsrly'in Fig. 'Lin whichit is shown as harfrom heingzicvolved.

ing two .joiirnlsz cond b, extending in one and the somediijection from' the est of the l goood; and with the'longer of then'r furnished with s male screw, c, cui: on it', and having a corresponding 'screw-nut., da' screwed on the said screw. Each of the two journals a b 'extends horizontally. through one of two sopgporrs, C C; which project from thereedcep A,

and are conned thereto by means of. screws or other proper devices. Esch of the supports C is constructed with or has a recess or socket, e, extending vertically wiohiu itsnd below the journal .of the gnaid,th e safid socket e being to'receive themext adjacent srm, f, of the guard and to t closely thereto, so ss to prevent the guard .from heing'revolved inirs bearings,- while' sischv guard. may los4 inV the socket'and ilie clampiuia d may be screwed up against the support c. 0o unscrewiog the clamp-not sufficiently, the gnomi may be moved. endw-ise, so us to move its arms out of the sockets of the supports, which having been-socomplished,the guard will'ho' free to-he moved upward into-the,position as represented by the dotted lines :in Figs. 2 and 3.

It is not necessary to our invention mat each of the gumd-slipports'shooid be provided with' a. socket,as described, 'as ii', would snice to have but .one of them :so -provided', but when there-is o' sockel-. to' each of 'such supports, the guide 'or' guard will he better supportcilby' them, o seach of 'theme when taining the guardwoold serve .to prevent Vit'.

'- We do notcloiin the combinationof a bar or shuttle-'guard with s 'cloth-wieawi'ri-gl loom' or the lay thereof `in such manner as to serv@ as nmcans of preventing the shuttle from being thrownout'of 'its true course while in,

iight from one shuttle-box' ltoward the other; nor doy ywe, claim Y.the application of such a guard tothe lay orreed-a'in such manner as to becapoble of being tnriied upward or from one posiiionqto another and fastened in either,

as ll `this [has been nccomplishedbefore" our invention and will be found .described iu the longitudinally within the said supports, :uu'l United States .Patents numbered 9,263 and either into' or out ofthe socket or .soit-kots, in v 12,593. manner and. for the pnrposoas specified. We claim- SUMNER '1%. BlXBY. i The combination ot' the clamp screw and.y JOSEPH B, BANGROFCR v A nutinnd the arm socketor sockets, or the Witnesses to Sumner R. Bixby:

equivalents thereof, with the guard-supports JAMES A. WHIPPLE, l

and thegaardfconstructd and'applieil to t AIDADMUN. z gather, substantially as' doscribed-viz.,'so 'Witnesses to'Joseph R.'Bu1croft: that: the guard may be capable not only Aof" 'il G. KENT,

- being turned laterally, .but of being moved'4 JEROME W lmmmn. 

